Chapter <b>263 </b>
Using the tips of my fingers 1 gently brush them through his hair. He whimpers lightly when I graze theceration we repaired yesterday.
“<b>I’m </b>sorry.” I whisper as t change the location to the top of his head.
It’s just as I feel him rx that he startles badly
“Melody’s here. She can’t see me like this. I can’t be naked around the littles.” He spits out in a panic.
“Rx Cole. You’re not naked. You’ve only taken your shirt off.”
1 try to calm him as he’s started fighting badly with the restraints.
“No. You don’t understand. I can’t be naked. I can’t.”
He’s fighting even harder to get out of the chair.
It finally dawns on me Patrick’s observation from the video footage. When Cole and Lynnie were in his dorm room he changed fully in the bathroom. Where most male wolves find it eptable to walk around children with just their bottoms on, Cole walked out fully clothed. The only things he put on in Lynnie’s presence were his socks and hoodie.
“Stop fighting. Freeze up, Cole.”
<b>I </b><b>wait </b>for him to stop before speaking again.
“I think I do understand but to remedy this difort I have to leave you and go to the cab. That means you have to stop fighting the restraints. I’d like to go get you a gown to cover your chest. Can you handle me leaving you to get one?”
He nods quickly.
“Yes, please.”
“Okay, try to rx. Melody, I need you and your parents to stay where you are until I get him covered.”
I stand and walk from behind him to the cab, pulling out a hospital gown with snaps across the sleeves.
“M, is there a notebook and pen close by that you can write something down for me<b>?</b><b>” </b>
“Yes sir, I’m ready.”
“My exact words, M.”
“Yes sir.”
“Strict sense of justice and adapt to his rules.”
“His rules, sir?”
<b>“</b>Yes ma’am. Adapt to his rules.”
I nce over at Melody and her parents and see the expected confusion on their faces.
“I know you want to talk with him but he tends to get really nervous in the hospital wing. Just give me a minute to get him a bit more <b>rxed</b><b>.</b>”
They nod silently as they watch him. He’s whining hard and struggling to keep his hands off the belts that are restraining him. <b>I </b>go back to <b>my </b><b>seat </b>behind him<b>, </b>taking his hand back in mine as I sit I rub his hand lightly as I speak near his ear.
“Try and rx for us. She’s nearly done and the worst of it already is. I’m going to let you out of these belts but you can not fight. You must <b>stay </b>seated<b>. </b>
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<b>Chapter </b><b>263 </b>
Can you do <b>that</b>?”
“Yes sit.”
<b>His </b>voice shakes as he whispers but I can tell the belts holding him down are bothering him more than the needle in his arm.
I reach around him slowly and undo the shoulder straps first, gently guiding them back into the retractor, before doing the same at his waist.
“Lift your left aim so I can slide the sleeve over.”
I encourage as I unfold the gown. He follows the direction easily and I tie the upper portion loosely around his neck.
“You cane over and talk with him briefly. I know that’s why you’re here. Ang said something to me and I felt it would be okay for him to understand your feelings about what happened yesterday. I just need you to understand there are things he’s not going to talk about and I’m not going to force the conversation.”
“Thank you Alpha Demetri.” I hear Roger first as they start moving towards us.
I pull the second sleeve apart, wrapping it around him before snapping it back together. Melody pulls a stool over in front of Cole, sitting down gently.
“Are you okay?”
<b>It </b>surprises me when he’s the first to talk.
“It still hurts but not as bad as yesterday. Dr. Pierce said there might be some cramping with the medication I’m on but she also gave me medication for that too. How did you know?<b>” </b>
“Know what, sweet pea?” His voice sounds tired as he talks.
“That I could get pregnant if I didn’t get to a doctor. That it could kill me to get pregnant.”
“It’s difficult to exin withouting across as something that I’m not.”
“You’re talking about the pedophile rumors.”
Cole startles when I let out a sharp growl in response to Roger’s question.
“I’m sorry alpha but there’s no other way to ask that particr question.” Roger responds defensively.
Coleys his head back against my shoulder.
“Every pack I go to Das just has to open his mouth about it.” He sighs hard.
“I will be putting a stop to the rumors Cole. I will not allow you to be a target based on unproven allegations.” I rub his hand gently.
“When I was neen a girl about your age came to me for help. She had a simr smell that, at the time, I didn’t recognize. I helped her as much as I could before she went home. Three monthster we were having a funeral for her. I found out from Dr. Carter what it was that I smelled. That first time it made me sick to be around.
My harsh reaction to it has calmed over the years but I understand it as a warning and anytime I smell it I make certain that the pre–shifter gets to a doctor.”